Innehållsförteckning för February 1, 2015 från Practical Photoshop

Untitled II (previous page) and Persistency in Life By Paolo Todde Using Photoshop CS6 1 2 In the majority of my artworks, the technique involves photo manipulation mixed with digital painting and elements of drawing. I use brushes and blended textures to produce a ‘dusty atmosphere’. The use of blending modes is essential in what I do. Most of my artworks are created in Photoshop CS6 with a Wacom tablet. http://tinyurl.com/oru49mZ Sarah and Dave By Leszek Jedraszczak Using Photoshop CS6 3 These are my kids, Sarah and David. I decided to create a huge portrait illustration of them to hang on the wall and bring some more colours into their room. First, my wife tried to convince them to stand still while I was shooting the pictures. After a little…

Recently the stunning and slightly unsettling ‘outer child’ portraits by Cristian Girotto (http://tiny.cc/09drsx) went viral, causing quite a stir. We’ve taken inspiration from Girotto’s wonderful transformations for this issue’s big tutorial. The key to success with the technique is in mastering two Photoshop features that both excel at pushing pixels into new shapes – Liquify and Puppet Warp. With Liquify, you can enlarge the cheeks and tweak the facial features until they look right. Puppet Warp enables you to place pins to anchor or shift areas of the image, so you can slope the shoulders and make the body more child-like. As well as reshaping the face and body, we also need to remove adult curves, give the skin a child-like glow, and add some grubby marks. PROJECT INFO You’ll…

01 Create amazing texture effects Adding texture to portraits is as easy as copying it in, and then changing the blending mode. Simply open up an image of some texture (we used cracked mud in the image above), then select part of it with the Lasso tool. Press Cmd/Ctrl+C to copy it, then go to your portrait and press Cmd/Ctrl+V to paste it. Next, experiment with blendingmodes. Soft Light, Overlay and Multiply tend to work well (we used Overlay here), but it’s worth experimenting with the other modes until you get the desired result. If you want a more controlled effect, consider copying different textures to cover distinct areas of the portrait, such as the face, neck and arms, to give depth to the effect. Use layer masks to control…

If you’re relatively new to editing in Photoshop, or you just don’t know where to begin, then this section is the best place to get started. Over the next six pages, you’ll find an overview of the different versions of Photoshop available, a breakdown of the typical image-editing workflow in Photoshop, an overview of raw file editing, a guide to the six most useful layers, and a glossary of the most useful shortcuts. This guide condenses most of the tools and techniques you’ll use every time you import a new roll of pictures.…

The latest version of the raw file processor included with Photoshop is so powerful that most photos can be processed entirely in the raw processor, with no need for further editing in Photoshop. And by making your adjustments in Adobe Camera Raw rather than in Photoshop, you’ll ensure the best possible image quality, because raw files contain more picture information than bitmap images such as un-layered PSDs and JPEGs. Here’s our reference to the features you’ll use the most in the Basic panel. THE BASIC PANEL IN ACR TEMPERATURE Use this slider to warmor cool an image if theWhite Balance tool fails tocorrect a colour cast TINT This slider enables you tocorrect a green or magentacast, again, if the WhiteBalance tool fails EXPOSURE Controls the overallbrightness of the image BLACKS…

D Reset the foreground and backgroundcolours to black and white ALT+[SCROLL WHEEL] Zoom in or out of the image CMD/CTRL+SHIFT+ALT+E Create a merged copy of all the layers in thelayer stack SPACE BAR Temporarily switch the current tool to the Handtool, for moving around the image while zoomed in ALT+[EYE ICON] Switch off the visibility of all other layers in thelayer stack, for before-and-after comparisons CMD/CTRL+I Invert the colour of a layer mask to black SHIFT+[LAYER MASK] Disable the effects of a layer mask X Switch the foreground and backgroundcolour swatches [OR] Resize the brush tip SHIFT+[OR] Cycle backwards or forwards through thelayer blend modes CMD/CTRL+ALT+Z Undo the last change made to the document.Works multiple times CMD/CTRL+[LAYER MASK] Load the currently active layer mask asa new selection CMD/CTRL+T Activate the…

PHOTOSHOP CC £8.78/$9.99 per month 20GB online storage Behance Prosite There are constant updates to the program as soon as new features are introduced Subscription model saves large initial outlay Monthly subs not everyone’s cup of tea Perfect for photographers LIGHTROOM 5 £73/$136 Showcases outstanding image-processing features There are no layers or masks, so compositing multiple images isn’t an option Ideal for professional and enthusiast photographers who don’t want a monthly subscription ELEMENTS 13 £66.43/$99.99 Great value, no subscription fees Camera Raw doesn’t include any selective or gradient adjustments, and is limited compared with Lightroom 5 or Photoshop CC No Curves adjustments The ideal package for beginners and photography enthusiasts PHOTOSHOP TOUCH £6.99/$9.99 tablet £2.99/$4.99 phone Ideal for smartphone image editing, especially while you’re out and about Photoshop Touch includes…

Photoshop has many types of layers and adjustment layers available, but there are six that you’ll find you need to use again and again. Learning how they should be used may seem a little daunting for beginners, but once you’ve got to grips with them, you’ll find they play a part in the creative process of almost every image you make. 01 LEVELS This should be the first layer you add to an image, because it fundamentally alters the tonal range of the entire image. Create a Levels adjustment layer, drag the Black Point slider inwards until it touches the lefthand edge of the histogram, and drag the White Point slider inwards to the right-hand edge. This remaps the tones of the image to make more of the available tonal…